From Clunkers to Couture The Hottest Handbags Made from Car Parts
The hottest handbags designed from discarded car parts.
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Which Are The Greenest Airlines, Hotels, Car Rental Agencies? Sustainability travelers want to know...
if you are going to travel, you’te going to cause some greenhouse gas emissions, so figure out how to minimize the damage you cause.
Week of 1/4/2009
Dear EarthTalk: With all the talk of rising seas, what could happen to the rivers that flow into the oceans? Will they reverse flow? Will rising seas back up into fresh water lakes? And what happens to our groundwater should saltwater flow backwards into it?
Dear EarthTalk: Is it better to drive an older, well-maintained car that gets about 25 miles per gallon, or to buy a new car that gets about 35 miles per gallon?
Is Hydrogen Feasible To Power Our Cars?
There seems to be a lot of controversy over whether hydrogen can really be generated and stored in such a way to be practical?
Greening Your Existing Car If You’re Not Ready To Upgrade Fine tune your ride to help the planet
If you’re not ready to upgrade to a hybrid or electric car, there are lots of ways to tune your existing car to make it more friendly to the planet…
Here Come the Cleaner, Greener Cars
Interest in cleaner and greener auto technology is exploding. From fuel cells to plug-in hybrids, the industry is showing more research and development zeal than at any time since the halcyon days of 1900, when gasoline, steam and electric vehicles (EVs) were competing in the marketplace.
Here Come the Hybrids
Not all hybrids are created equal. They range fro the very clean, very green Toyota Prius to the big, luxurious and only mildly fuel efficient Lexus RX-400h. Here’s a guide.
Is My Lawn Mower As Bad A Polluter As My Car?
Is it true that a typical gas-powered lawn mower emits about as much pollution as a conventional internal combustion car engine?
The Service Economy Car Sharing is the New Consumer Model
The rapid growth of “car sharing” companies—five have sprouted up in the U.S. since 2000—do more than fill a growing niche market. Car sharing also reflects a green business trend called “product service systems” (PSS), otherwise known by its more ungainly iteration, “servicizing.” Morph a product into a service, so the logic goes, and you reduce the ecological footprint of the product itself.
New Car Smell: It’s Not So Sweet
New cars are great, aren’t they? On top of looking all shiny and perfect, they also just smell new. It’s a unique odor, isn’t it? And it goes away after a few weeks, never to appear again. But it’s great while it lasts. Or is it?